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Triathlon is basically a multisport comprising a combination of Swimming, Cycling and Road Running performed by same Athlete in a specific sequence which need a lot of endurance, skill and versatility for competing.
Though as a multi sporting event, Triathlon, not specifically in the present form or name, started as early as 1920s, it started gaining popularity in the mid of 1970s only. The sporting event has gained popularity after San Diego Track Club based in California, U S has started as an alternate to rigorous work out for Athletes for gaining strength and endurance. The first event introduced by The Club had 10km Road Run, 8km Cycling and 500m Swim. Later the Event was standardized in the format of 1500m Swim followed by 40km Cycling and conclude with 10km Road Run. The event gained its world-wide popularity during 1980 as an endurance aimed and based event as well as a challenge and fun event.
The World Triathlon, the Governing Body for the Sport of Triathlon was formed at Avignon, France in the year 1989 along with the first official World Triathlon Championship at Avignon itself.
Triathlon is basically a multisport comprising a combination of Swimming, Cycling and Road Running performed by same Athlete in a specific sequence which need a lot of endurance, skill and versatility for competing.
The event made its Summer Olympic debut on 2000 Sydney Games. The competitions were held for Men and Women individual events that consist of 1500m Swim, 40km Cycling and 10km Road Run, which is commonly known as Olympic Distance Event, till 2020 delayed Tokyo Games, where Mixed Relay event were also added to the events making a total of Three Gold Medals at stake. Triathlon competitions were included in the 2002 Commonwealth Games at Manchester in Great Britain as a Medal Event.
On later more events with different combinations and distances were included in the competition and different age group competitions were also added at National and International levels. Super Sprint, Sprint Triathlon, Duathlon, Aquathlon are some examples. n 2019, The World Triathlon has been renamed as International Triathlon Union which govern the Olympic Event.
The Indian Triathlon Federation, referred to ITF hereafter, as an affiliated unit of World Triathlon and Asia Triathlon started functioning in the year 1990 itself, Registered as a Society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 by the Registrar of Societies, Madras Central on 8th May of the same year.
ITF is an organization recognized by Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Sports Authority of India and Indian Olympic Association. It is the authority to field Indian Team in Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, World Cup, Asian Championship and World Cup Circuit and other International Competitions.
Kerala Triathlon Association, an affiliated unit of ITF, and a member of Kerala Olympic Association started functioning in the State in 2015 is registered under the 12th Travancore Cochin Charitable Societies Registration Act 1955 on 7th January 2015 at Ernakulam with an objective of promoting Triathlon as a competitive sport in the State of Kerala and provide opportunities to the Athletes to compete at National and International Competitions.
In a short span of seven years, Kerala Triathlon Association already conducted three State Championships and One National Championship in Kerala Which was recognized with two-star rating by ITF. Triathlon was a competition event at National Games held at Thiruvananthapuram.
At present we have affiliated units in almost all the Districts in Kerala named after the particular District Triathlon Association.
